Moment undercover reporter breaks down in tears inside A&E unit in the grips of NHS care crisis – as footage shows elderly patient forced to urinate in the corridor [Video]

07:14 EDT 24 Jun 2024, updated 09:19 EDT 24 Jun 2024

Emotional footage shows the moment an undercover reporter broke down in tears inside an A&E unit after an elderly man was forced to urinate in a bottle in a corridor in full view of staff and other patients. 

Secret video footage taken by the reporter – working as a trainee healthcare assistant – shows the ‘profoundly unwell’ man lying in the corridor inside the Emergency Department of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. 

The man, who appears to be in emotional distress, tells staff he needs to go to the toilet before being told it would be easier for him to wee in a bottle.

The patient heartbreakingly agrees before being helped to lift up his gown and urinate ‘naked in front of 30 people’ in the corridor. 

Dealing with the ordeal, undercover reporter Robbie Boyd tells the man: ‘I’m really sorry that you’re in the corridor. 

‘We’ve got people having to …